This cult seems like it might have been designed specifically to prey on bookish old people — Scientology for scholarly seniors. - Robin Sloan

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It was Scientology for scholarly seniors.

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Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore · October 2, 2012 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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Scoping myself out in my standup mirror, I turned and gently twerked.

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sourdough twerk

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Al principio tenía claro que sólo trabajaría en una empresa en la que pudiera creer. Luego pensé que si aprendía algo ya era bastante. Después decidí que no fuera una porquería y punto. Ahora me encontraba puntualizando mi definición de porquería.

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It’s not like we have the same brains as people a thousand years ago.”
Wait: “Yes we do.”
“We have the same hardware, but not the same software.

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